Home United FC

Home United Football Club
Full name Home United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Protectors
Founded 1995
Ground Bishan Stadium
Bishan, Singapore
Ground Capacity 3,800
Chairman Anselm Lopez
Head Coach Philippe Aw
League S.League
2015 6th

Home United Football Club is a professional football club which plays in Singapore's S.League.

History

The Police Sports Association was founded in the mid-1940s to organise football activities for the Singapore Police Force. They sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football Association League in the 1950s and 1960s, but neither team won any trophies. Under coach Choo Seng Quee, Police SA won the inaugural President's Cup in 1968, then reached and lost the next two finals. In 1979, they joined the National Football League, were placed in Division III, and immediately earned promotion to Division II. In 1980, Police SA won the Division II title, the President's Cup and the Boggars Cup. In 1985, they were national league champions, after setting a national record as the only team to go unbeaten for 17 consecutive games. The performances of Police SA led to their selection as one of eight teams to compete in the newly formed S.League.[1]

When the S.League was formed in 1996, the club was known as the Police Football Club. The following year, its name was changed to Home United to reflect that the team represents not only the Singapore Police Force, but also other HomeTeam departments of the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs such as the Singapore Civil Defence Force and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.

Home United were two-time S.League winners and holders of a record six Singapore Cup trophies. They were the first club to achieve the S.League and Singapore Cup double in 2003.

The team's nickname is the "Protectors", and its mascot is a dragon. The team's home ground is the Bishan Stadium.

Home United Youth Football Academy

Home United is the first and only S.League club to own and operate its own physical football academy. Located at 8 Mattar Road, HYFA boasts 10 futsal courts, 2 full-size football pitches, events plaza, staff offices, meeting rooms and a Sports Performance Centre. HYFA aims to nurture youths towards achieving excellence in the sport of football in tandem with their academic pursuits. It seeks to raise the standards for professional football club in Singapore, and serve our dream to be in the World Cup. More importantly, HYFA will provide youths the opportunities to establish themselves in football, either as a professional player, technical support staff, or referee and even as club administrators.

HYFA’s core missions are:

a) Developing local football talent: To develop and prepare our youths talent for a career professional football b) Youth character development: To impart sound life values that would aid character development and guide our youths to be upright, law-abiding and responsible persons.

Seasons

Season S.League Singapore Cup Singapore League Cup
Pos P W D L F A Pts
1996-1 6th 14 4 5 5 22 23 17
1996-2 8th 14 2 2 10 18 40 8
1997 9th 16 2 1 13 17 41 7
1998 7th 20 8 4 8 42 28 28 2nd Runners-up
1999 1st 22 15 6 1 42 16 51 2nd Runners-up
2000 4th 22 11 7 4 38 21 40 Winners
2001 3rd 33 23 3 7 69 36 72 Winners
2002 2nd 33 18 10 5 71 42 64 Quarter-Finals
2003 1st 33 26 2–3 2 104 42 85 Winners
2004 2nd 27 17 2 8 76 43 53 Runners-up
2005 4th 27 14 4 9 62 44 46 Winners
2006 4th 30 15 6 9 49 40 51 Preliminary
2007 2nd 33 24 6 3 73 35 78 Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals
2008 3rd 33 23 3 7 75 31 72 Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals
2009 4th 30 16 5 9 50 32 53 Quarter-Finals 2nd Runners-up
2010 3rd 33 18 11 4 55 31 65 Round of 16 Quarter-Finals
2011 2nd 33 25 2 6 81 29 77 Winners Semi-Finals
2012 5th 24 11 7 6 43 29 40 Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals
2013 2nd 27 16 3 8 42 25 51 Winners Quarter-Finals
2014 4th 27 13 5 9 51 41 44 2nd Runners-up Quarter-Finals
2015 6th 27 9 9 9 38 34 36 2nd Runners-up Group Stage

Players

Current squad

As of 6 February 2016 [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Singapore GK Hyrulnizam Juma'at
2 Singapore DF Redzwan Atan
3 South Korea MF Song Ui-Yong
4 Singapore DF Juma'at Jantan (Captain)
5 Singapore DF R Aaravin
6 Singapore DF Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib
7 Singapore MF Aqhari Abdullah
8 Singapore FW Azhar Sairudin
9 Denmark FW Ken Ilsø
10 Singapore MF Faris Ramli
11 France DF Sirina Camara
12 Singapore FW Nur Hizami Salim
13 Singapore GK Zulfairuuz Rudy
No. Position Player
14 Singapore MF Shamil Sharif
15 Singapore DF Luqman Ismail
16 Singapore DF Sim Teck Yi
17 Singapore MF Mahathir Azeman
18 Singapore DF Shahrin Saberin
19 Singapore FW Sufianto Salleh
20 Singapore FW Khairul Nizam
21 Singapore FW Irfan Fandi
22 Singapore GK Eko Pradana Putra
23 Singapore MF Zulfahmi Arifin
24 Singapore MF Syahiran Miswan
25 Singapore DF Ang Zhiwei

Prime League squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
26 Singapore MF Ikhsan Fandi Ahmad
27 France MF Ambroise Begue
28 Singapore DF Nasrul Taib
29 Singapore MF Amir Zalani
30 Singapore MF Hamzah Fazil
31 Singapore DF Royce Chua Wen Da
32 Singapore MF Nur Ishafiq Naim
33 Singapore DF Benedict Sim Yu Hao
34 Singapore MF Yeo Hai Ngee
35 Singapore DF Lionel Tan Han Wei
No. Position Player
36 Singapore DF Izzat Zalani
37 Singapore FW Qayyum Hakim
38 Singapore DF Khairul Shari
39 Singapore MF Toh Kian Keong
40 Singapore GK Heng How Meng
41 Singapore MF Shaqi Sulaiman
42 Singapore DF Seamus Chng Wei Kang
43 Singapore FW Amiruldin Asraf
44 Singapore MF Karthik Raj
45 Singapore FW Nurhalis Azmi

Club officials

Management

Technical staff

Head coaches

Honours

Domestic

League

  • 1985

Cup

  • 1980
  • 1968

Performance in AFC competitions

2001: Second round
2004: Semi-Finals ( lost to Al Jaish Damascus 1–6 on Argegate )
2005: Quarter-Finals ( lost to Al Nejmeh 2–6 on Argegate )
2006: Group Stage ( Group E )
2008: Quarter-finals ( lost to Dempo 4–5 on Argegate )
2009: Round of 16 ( lost to South China 0–4 )
2012: Round of 16 ( lost to Al-Wahda SC Damascus 0–3 )
2014: Group Stage ( Group E )

Sponsors

References

  1. ↑ Malathi Das and Palakrishnan (1996), "S.League: the kick-off", Singapore Professional Football League Pte Ltd, p. 33
  2. ↑ http://www.sleague.com/clubs-profile/home-utd/team-profile

External links

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